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Sustainability, Volume 12, Issue 14

July-2 2020 - 384 articles

Cover Story: The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) notion pioneered the implementation of various smart environments. With rapid resource shrinkage, energy management has recently become an essential concern for all smart environments. Although energy management emerged as a solution that addresses challenges that arise with increasing energy demand and resource deterioration, further evolution and expansion are hindered due to technological, economical, and social barriers. This review aggregates energy management approaches in smart environments and extensively reviews a variety of recent literature reports on peak load shaving and demand response. Significant benefits and challenges of these energy management strategies were identified through the literature survey. Finally, a critical discussion summarizing trends and opportunities is given as a thread for future research.View this paper
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Articles (384)

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
10 Citations
10,958 Views
4 Pages

Sustainability in Fashion Brands

  • Margherita Pero,
  • Elisa Arrigo and
  • Antoinette Fionda-Douglas

21 July 2020

This preview article introduces the Special Issue on “Sustainability in Fashion Brands” and presents a summary of the research. This editorial will highlight the contents and methodologies of selected papers, presenting diverse issues in sustainable...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
7,479 Views
23 Pages

21 July 2020

With current global climate change conditions, the urgency to provide agricultural knowledge on adaptation has risen. The dearth of climate change information is one amongst many agricultural production challenges faced by the majority of rural farmi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,537 Views
10 Pages

Making Way for Trees? Changes in Land-Use, Habitats and Protected Areas in Great Britain under “Global Tree Restoration Potential”

  • Martin A. Wilkes,
  • James Bennett,
  • Sara Burbi,
  • Sue Charlesworth,
  • Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz,
  • Francis Rayns,
  • Ulrich Schmutz,
  • Barbara Smith,
  • Mark Tilzey and
  • Liz Trenchard
  • + 1 author

21 July 2020

Numerous tree planting initiatives have been launched worldwide, based on the idea that carbon capture by trees can help to limit global warming. A recent study estimated the additional tree canopy cover that could be established given the growing co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,893 Views
17 Pages

21 July 2020

This paper addresses a key social–cultural aspect of sustainability in the Gulf region: Workforce localization (WL). Our research objective is to empirically explore organizational socialization (OS) practices in the context of WL in the United...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,866 Views
14 Pages

21 July 2020

In recent years, the interest in properly conditioning the indoor environment of historic buildings has increased significantly. However, maintaining a suitable environment for building and artwork preservation while keeping comfortable conditions fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,861 Views
29 Pages

21 July 2020

This article uses a fractal observation to help delineate the constraints placed by multiple city walls on the growth of historical East Asian cities. By applying advanced technologies from economic geography and fractal indices, a staged scaling pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,839 Views
12 Pages

21 July 2020

In this paper, we develop a reduced form model for factors influencing the conservation of forest resources. We then estimate it using a bivariate negative binomial regression model with cases of illegal farming and illegal cattle grazing in the W Re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,272 Views
25 Pages

21 July 2020

Agricultural land is crucial for the production of food and is, thereby, directly connected to food security. Agriculture is threatened by a multitude of hazards, such as climate change, peak oil, peak soil and peak phosphorus. These hazards call for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,321 Views
13 Pages

Assessing Polyphenol Components and Antioxidant Activity during Fermented Assam Tea Ball Processing

  • Pimpinan Somsong,
  • Chalat Santivarangkna,
  • Pimsiri Tiyayon,
  • Chi-Ming Hsieh and
  • Warangkana Srichamnong

21 July 2020

Fermented tea is traditionally consumed in many Asian countries. In Thailand, the product is made by anaerobic submerged fermentation of semi-mature tea leaves before being made into a ball form. This study aims to investigate the composition of heal...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
49 Citations
4,422 Views
21 Pages

21 July 2020

To conduct, in an effective way, the non-destructive testing (NDT) of products—in particular, the fluorescent penetrant inspection (FPI)—remains a challenge. Therefore, the aim of this work is to propose the method of support in the choic...

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